,.»;†%§¶@# #@¶§%†;».,
,,.»;†%§¶@ @¶§%†;».,,
,,,.»;†%§¶ ¶§%†;».,,,
,,.»;†%§¶@ @¶§%†;».,,
,.»;†%§¶@# #@¶§%†;».,
,,.»;†%§¶@ winds esker @¶§%†;».,,
,,,.»;†%§¶ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» ¶§%†;».,,,
,,.»;†%§¶@ @¶§%†;».,,
,.»;†%§¶@# 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? #@¶§%†;».,
,,.»;†%§¶@ @¶§%†;».,,
,,,.»;†%§¶ ¶§%†;».,,,
,,.»;†%§¶@ @¶§%†;».,,
,.»;†%§¶@# #@¶§%†;».,
,,.»;†%§¶@ @¶§%†;».,,