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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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