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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 .....~«\§£
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#££§\«~... 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     ...~«\§££#
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£§\«~..... 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 ..~«\§££##
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#££§\«~... 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 .......~«\
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\«~....... 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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#££§\«~... 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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\«~....... The Esker,  I Found  The Ruins  Of  Some .......~«\
§\«~......    Old Building. There Were Overgrown    ......~«\§
£§\«~.....  Marble Staircases, Stone Floors Beneath .....~«\§£
££§\«~.... The  Moss,  And  Strange Slabs  Inserted ....~«\§££
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££§\«~.... 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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##££§\«~.. 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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££§\«~.... Me?  If I Shouted, Would  They  Turn  To ....~«\§££
#££§\«~...         Stare Right Through Me?          ...~«\§££#
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