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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.              §,,§§,,§,§
,§§§,§§,§§                                          §§,§,§,§§§
§§,,§§,§§, 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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§§,,§§,§§, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §,§§§§§§,,
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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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