,,,,,,-\§£ £§\-,,,,,,
,,,,,-\§£¤ ¤£§\-,,,,,
,,,,-\§£¤@ @¤£§\-,,,,
,,,-\§£¤@# #@¤£§\-,,,
,,-\§£¤@## ##@¤£§\-,,
,,,-\§£¤@# 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. £§\-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-\§ §\-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-\ 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? £§\-,,,,,,
,,,,,-\§£¤ ¤£§\-,,,,,
,,,,-\§£¤@ @¤£§\-,,,,
,,,-\§£¤@# #@¤£§\-,,,
,,-\§£¤@## ##@¤£§\-,,
,,,-\§£¤@# #@¤£§\-,,,