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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.               ##&&†*~,..
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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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