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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. ,,,.~/†£¤@
#@¤£†/~.,, ,,.~/†£¤@#
##@¤£†/~., 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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