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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. .....,»=%§
@§%=»,.... ....,»=%§@
@@§%=»,... 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? ....,»=%§@
@@§%=»,... ...,»=%§@@
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