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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.               §†††\\~~,¨
¨,~\†$§#@#                                          #@#§$†\~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,\$§@ 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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