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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. ¤¤¤,¤,,,,,
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,¤¤¤,,¤¤,, 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. ,,¤¤¤,,¤,¤
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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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¤,¤¤¤¤¤¤,, 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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