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#@§$%\~^,,                                          ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,,                                          ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,,                                          ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^,               Winds esker                ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,,                                          ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, There Was This Place That For  Two Years ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, I  Couldn'T  Go To.  Regardless How Much ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Discussed  With  Others, Or  Pointed Out ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, On  Maps, I Could Not Think  Of  It When ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, Alone.  I  Would Often  Travel Past  The ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, Fork, Where A Right  Turn  Would  Surely ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Take Me There,  But Even Then, Something ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,,              Kept Me Away.               ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,,                                          ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, When  I Finally Got  There,  After  Some ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,,     Heavy Subconscious Battle I Must     ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, Assume,   The  Place  Was  Surreal.   An ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, Esker, Like A  Needle-Thin  Rift  Out In ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, The  Lake,  But  Ten  Meters   High  And ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Adorned In  Birch,  Willow, Bracken, And ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,,               Blueberries.               ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,,                                          ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, Walking  Atop  That  Spine,  I  Came  To ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Notice  The  View  To Either Side. There ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, Should  Be  Shores,  Of  Course,  But  I ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, Didn'T Recognize  Them.  First Off, They ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, Were Much Too Close, As The Lake  Should ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Stretch  For A  Hundred  Meters  More On ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, Both Sides.  But  Now  I  Felt  I  Could ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, Almost  Reach Out  And Touch  Them.  And ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, Then, When I Realized Which  Shores They ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,,           Were, I Had To Stop.           ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,,                                          ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, They Were  Of  The Right  Lake. But This ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^,      Lake Is Large, Fractured, And       ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Bipartite.  Like A Pair  Of Lungs Carved ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, Into The  Granite, And With No Less Than ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,,   Five Communities Anchored At Various   ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^,      Points. And So, Studying These      ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,,    Impossibly Close Shores, I Slowly     ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, Understood Them As  Belonging Many Miles ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,,                  Away.                   ,,^~\%$§@#
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#@§$%\~^,, I  Examined   The  Ridge,  The  Treeline ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, Above.  Was This What  You Saw Opposite, ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, From  Those  Other  Shores?  I  Couldn'T ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^,                 Remember.                ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,,                                          ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, Carrying  Forward,  On  The  Very Tip Of ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, The  Esker,  I Found The  Ruins  Of Some ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^,    Old Building. There Were Overgrown    ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Marble Staircases, Stone Floors Beneath  ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, The Moss,  And  Strange  Slabs  Inserted ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, Into  The Slope Like  Dams  Against  The ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^,              Ground Itself.              ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,,                                          ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, Sitting  There, I  Could See  Across The ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, Narrowed Lake My Entire  Path To Where I ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, Sat:  From  The  Stairwell  Of My House, ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Through The Old  Woods  Behind The  Tile ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,,      Factory, The Bridge Over Route      ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, Twenty three And  Then  Back  Under  It, ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, Through  The  Fancy  Villas,   Over  The ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Fields, And Then  That Right Turn At The ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,,                   Fork.                  ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,,                                          ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, And Then  The  Stairs  Up  On The Ridge. ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Thinking  Back,  This  Was Probably  It. ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, Hidden In A  Grove,  There  Were  Stairs ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, Much Like  The Ones I  Currently Sat On, ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, Old  And  Worn  Down, That  Lead You  Up ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Onto The Esker.  The Point Of Entry. Had ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, I Insted Opted To Walk The  Path At  Its ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,, Foot,  I'M Sure  My  Experience Would'Ve ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^,          Been Different Indeed.          ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,,                                          ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,,                                          ,,^~\%$§@#
##@§$%\~^, On  The  Lake,   There  Were  People  In ,^~\%$§@##
#@§$%\~^,, Boats.  I Wondered, Could They Even  See ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,, Me?  If I  Shouted,  Would They Turn  To ,,,^~\%$§@
#@§$%\~^,,         Stare Right Through Me?          ,,^~\%$§@#
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#@§$%\~^,,                                          ,,^~\%$§@#
@§$%\~^,,,                                          ,,,^~\%$§@
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