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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. ,,-†§¤##
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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. ,,-†§¤&#
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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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