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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. #¶¤£%;-.¨¨
¨.-;%£¤¶## ##¶¤£%;-.¨
¨¨.-;%£¤¶# 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. ¶¤£%;-.¨¨¨
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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. ¶¤£%;-.¨¨¨
¨¨.-;%£¤¶# #¶¤£%;-.¨¨
¨.-;%£¤¶## 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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