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##,####,## 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 ,####,,##,
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####,##,,, 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 ,,,####,#,
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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 #,#,,####,
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,,,#,#,,,, Above. Was This What You Saw Opposite, ##,####,,,
,,####,,,, From Those Other Shores? I Couldn'T ,##,,,#,,,
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########,# 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 ,##,##,#,,
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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, ,##,####,#
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,##,,,##,, Much Like The Ones I Currently Sat On, ,,###,##,,
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###,###### Onto The Esker. The Point Of Entry. Had ##,#,###,#
,,##,,,,,, I Insted Opted To Walk The Path At Its ,####,,##,
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####,,,,,# Been Different Indeed. #,,######,
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