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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.              ,§,§,§,,,§
§,§,,§§§§,                                          §§§§§§,,§,
§§§,§,,,§, 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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