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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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