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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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