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##£@§$=»-, i couldn't go to. regardless how much ,-»=$§@£##
£§=-,,,,,, discussed with others, or pointed out ,,,,,,-=§£
##£@§$=»-, on maps, i could not think of it when ,-»=$§@£##
£££@§$=»-, alone. i would often travel past the ,-»=$§@£££
###@§$=»-, fork, where a right turn would surely ,-»=$§@###
££@§§$=»-, take me there, but even then, something ,-»=$§§@££
@@@§=-,,,, kept me away. ,,,,-=§@@@
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@§$»»-,,,, when i finally got there, after some ,,,,-»»$§@
###@§$=»-, heavy subconscious battle i must ,-»=$§@###
£§=-,,,,,, assume, the place was surreal. an ,,,,,,-=§£
£§$=--,,,, esker, like a needle-thin rift out in ,,,,--=$§£
##£@§$=»-, the lake, but ten meters high and ,-»=$§@£##
##£@§$=»-, adorned in birch, willow, bracken, and ,-»=$§@£##
##£@§$=»-, blueberries. ,-»=$§@£##
##£@§$=»-, ,-»=$§@£##
##£@§$=»-, walking atop that spine, i came to ,-»=$§@£##
##£@§$=»-, notice the view to either side. there ,-»=$§@£##
@$»-,,,,,, should be shores, of course, but i ,,,,,,-»$@
##£@§$=»-, didn't recognize them. first off, they ,-»=$§@£##
#£@§§$=»-, were much too close, as the lake should ,-»=$§§@£#
#£@@§$=»-, stretch for a hundred meters more on ,-»=$§@@£#
@$$$=-,,,, both sides. but now i felt i could ,,,,-=$$$@
@§§=-,,,,, almost reach out and touch them. and ,,,,,-=§§@
###@§$=»-, then, when i realized which shores they ,-»=$§@###
#££@§$=»-, were, i had to stop. ,-»=$§@££#
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£§§$»--,,, they were of the right lake. but this ,,,--»$§§£
##£@§$=»-, lake is large, fractured, and ,-»=$§@£##
##£@§$=»-, bipartite. like a pair of lungs carved ,-»=$§@£##
#@§$$»-,,, into the granite, and with no less than ,,,-»$$§@#
##£@§$=»-, five communities anchored at various ,-»=$§@£##
£££@§$=»-, points. and so, studying these ,-»=$§@£££
##£@§$=»-, impossibly close shores, i slowly ,-»=$§@£##
@@$»»-,,,, understood them as belonging many miles ,,,,-»»$@@
###£@$=»-, away. ,-»=$@£###
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@§§§§$=»-, i examined the ridge, the treeline ,-»=$§§§§@
###£@§$»-, above. was this what you saw opposite, ,-»$§@£###
@$»,,,,,,, from those other shores? i couldn't ,,,,,,,»$@
###@§$=»-, remember. ,-»=$§@###
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££@§$$=»-, carrying forward, on the very tip of ,-»=$$§@££
£@$$=-,,,, the esker, i found the ruins of some ,,,,-=$$@£
£§$»-,,,,, old building. there were overgrown ,,,,,-»$§£
##£@§$=»-, marble staircases, stone floors beneath ,-»=$§@£##
£§==»»-,,, the moss, and strange slabs inserted ,,,-»»==§£
@@§$$$=»-, into the slope like dams against the ,-»=$$$§@@
£@§$==»--, ground itself. ,--»==$§@£
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@§§§§$=»-, sitting there, i could see across the ,-»=$§§§§@
£@§$=---,, narrowed lake my entire path to where i ,,---=$§@£
£@$»»---,, sat: from the stairwell of my house, ,,---»»$@£
#£§=»---,, through the old woods behind the tile ,,---»=§£#
###£§$=»-, factory, the bridge over route ,-»=$§£###
£@§§=-,,,, twenty three and then back under it, ,,,,-=§§@£
##£@§$=»-, through the fancy villas, over the ,-»=$§@£##
##£@§$=»-, fields, and then that right turn at the ,-»=$§@£##
##£@§$=»-, fork. ,-»=$§@£##
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@$»»»»,,,, and then the stairs up on the ridge. ,,,,»»»»$@
###£@$=»-, thinking back, this was probably it. ,-»=$@£###
##£@§$=»-, hidden in a grove, there were stairs ,-»=$§@£##
##£@§$=»-, much like the ones i currently sat on, ,-»=$§@£##
£@§§$$=»-, old and worn down, that lead you up ,-»=$$§§@£
££§§§$=»-, onto the esker. the point of entry. had ,-»=$§§§££
£@@@§$=»-, i insted opted to walk the path at its ,-»=$§@@@£
#£@@§$=»-, foot, i'm sure my experience would've ,-»=$§@@£#
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##£@§$=»-, on the lake, there were people in ,-»=$§@£##
##£@§$=»-, boats. i wondered, could they even see ,-»=$§@£##
###£§$=»-, me? if i shouted, would they turn to ,-»=$§£###
#@$$=»»,,, stare right through me? ,,,»»=$$@#
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