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¨^=†^&#¶##               Winds esker                ##¶#&^†=^¨
¨¨^^==^^&¶ ======================================== ¶&^^==^^¨¨
¨^=†^&#¶##                                          ##¶#&^†=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=^## 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.               #¶&^=^¨¨¨¨
¨^=†^&#¶¶¶                                          ¶¶¶#&^†=^¨
¨^=†^&###¶ 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.           ##¶#&^†=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨=^&#                                          #&^=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=†^&#¶## 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.                   #¶&†^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^^†&¶                                          ¶&†^^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=†^&#¶## I  Examined  The  Ridge,   The  Treeline ##¶#&^†=^¨
¨^=†^&##¶¶ Above.  Was This What  You Saw Opposite, ¶¶##&^†=^¨
¨¨¨¨^==^## From  Those  Other  Shores?  I  Couldn'T ##^==^¨¨¨¨
¨^=†^&#¶##                Remember.                 ##¶#&^†=^¨
¨¨^^^††^^#                                          #^^††^^^¨¨
¨^=†^&#¶## 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.              #^^^==^¨¨¨
¨^=†^&#¶##                                          ##¶#&^†=^¨
¨^=†^&#¶## 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.                   ###¶#^†=^¨
^=†^&#¶###                                          ###¶#&^†=^
¨^=†^&#### 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.          #&†^^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=†^&#¶##                                          ##¶#&^†=^¨
¨^=†^&#¶## ======================================== ##¶#&^†=^¨
¨^=†^&¶###                                          ###¶&^†=^¨
¨^=†^&&&## 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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