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«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ There Was This Place That For Two Years ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«
*«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ I Couldn'T Go To. Regardless How Much ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*
$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Discussed With Others, Or Pointed Out ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$
%$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨ On Maps, I Could Not Think Of It When ¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$%
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#@@&%$*«¨¨ Kept Me Away. ¨¨«*$%&@@#
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#@@&%$*«¨¨ When I Finally Got There, After Some ¨¨«*$%&@@#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Stretch For A Hundred Meters More On ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«
*«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Both Sides. But Now I Felt I Could ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*
$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Almost Reach Out And Touch Them. And ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$
%$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨ Then, When I Realized Which Shores They ¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$%
&%$*«¨¨¨¨¨ Were, I Had To Stop. ¨¨¨¨¨«*$%&
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#@@&%$*«¨¨ Lake Is Large, Fractured, And ¨¨«*$%&@@#
##@@&%$*«¨ Bipartite. Like A Pair Of Lungs Carved ¨«*$%&@@##
#@@&%$*«¨¨ Into The Granite, And With No Less Than ¨¨«*$%&@@#
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@&%$*«¨¨¨¨ Points. And So, Studying These ¨¨¨¨«*$%&@
&%$*«¨¨¨¨¨ Impossibly Close Shores, I Slowly ¨¨¨¨¨«*$%&
%$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨ Understood Them As Belonging Many Miles ¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$%
$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Away. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$
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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Carrying Forward, On The Very Tip Of ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ The Esker, I Found The Ruins Of Some ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«
*«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Old Building. There Were Overgrown ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*
$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Marble Staircases, Stone Floors Beneath ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$
%$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨ The Moss, And Strange Slabs Inserted ¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$%
&%$*«¨¨¨¨¨ Into The Slope Like Dams Against The ¨¨¨¨¨«*$%&
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#@@&%$*«¨¨ Sitting There, I Could See Across The ¨¨«*$%&@@#
##@@&%$*«¨ Narrowed Lake My Entire Path To Where I ¨«*$%&@@##
#@@&%$*«¨¨ Sat: From The Stairwell Of My House, ¨¨«*$%&@@#
@@&%$*«¨¨¨ Through The Old Woods Behind The Tile ¨¨¨«*$%&@@
@&%$*«¨¨¨¨ Factory, The Bridge Over Route ¨¨¨¨«*$%&@
&%$*«¨¨¨¨¨ Twenty three And Then Back Under It, ¨¨¨¨¨«*$%&
%$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨ Through The Fancy Villas, Over The ¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$%
$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Fields, And Then That Right Turn At The ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$
*«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Fork. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*
$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Foot, I'M Sure My Experience Would'Ve ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$
%$*«¨¨¨¨¨¨ Been Different Indeed. ¨¨¨¨¨¨«*$%
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