§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ ¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
§§§§§§§¨§¨ §§¨§¨§¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§ ¨§§§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨ §¨¨¨§§§¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨§§§ 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? ¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨ ¨§¨§¨¨§§¨¨
§§§¨§¨¨§§¨ §§§§¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨§¨§¨ ¨¨¨§§§§§¨§
¨§¨¨§§§§§¨ ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
§§¨§¨¨¨¨§¨ ¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨§