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¨,«†$&¤@##               Winds esker                ##@¤&$†«,¨
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¨,«†$&¤@## There Was This Place  That For Two Years ##@¤&$†«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,,†&¤ I Couldn'T Go  To.  Regardless  How Much ¤&†,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«†$&¤@## Discussed  With Others, Or  Pointed  Out ##@¤&$†«,¨
¨,«†$&¤@## On Maps, I Could Not  Think  Of  It When ##@¤&$†«,¨
¨¨¨¨,†$&¤@ Alone.  I Would  Often  Travel Past  The @¤&$†,¨¨¨¨
¨,«†$$&&&@ Fork,  Where A Right  Turn Would  Surely @&&&$$†«,¨
¨,«†$&¤@## Take Me There, But  Even Then, Something ##@¤&$†«,¨
¨¨¨,«««†$¤               Kept Me Away.              ¤$†«««,¨¨¨
¨,«†$&¤¤@#                                          #@¤¤&$†«,¨
¨¨,,««†&¤# 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 @¤&††††«,¨
¨,«†$&¤@@@ Adorned In Birch,  Willow, Bracken,  And @@@¤&$†«,¨
¨,«†$&¤¤@@               Blueberries.               @@¤¤&$†«,¨
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¨,«†$&¤@## Walking  Atop  That  Spine,  I  Came  To ##@¤&$†«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«$¤# Notice  The View To Either  Side.  There #¤$«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,†&&@ 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 ¤&†««¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«†$&&&¤@          Been Different Indeed.          @¤&&&$†«,¨
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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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