,,,~;%£@@# #@@£%;~,,,
,,,,~;%£@@ @@£%;~,,,,
,,,~;%£@@# #@@£%;~,,,
,,~;%£@@## ##@@£%;~,,
,~;%£@@### ###@@£%;~,
,,~;%£@@## 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? #@@£%;~,,,
,,,,~;%£@@ @@£%;~,,,,
,,,~;%£@@# #@@£%;~,,,
,,~;%£@@## ##@@£%;~,,
,~;%£@@### ###@@£%;~,
,,~;%£@@## ##@@£%;~,,