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###£*$*«,, i couldn't go to. regardless how much ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, discussed with others, or pointed out ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, on maps, i could not think of it when ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, alone. i would often travel past the ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, fork, where a right turn would surely ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, take me there, but even then, something ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, kept me away. ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, when i finally got there, after some ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, heavy subconscious battle i must ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, assume, the place was surreal. an ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, esker, like a needle-thin rift out in ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, the lake, but ten meters high and ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, adorned in birch, willow, bracken, and ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, blueberries. ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, walking atop that spine, i came to ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, notice the view to either side. there ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, should be shores, of course, but i ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, didn't recognize them. first off, they ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, were much too close, as the lake should ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, stretch for a hundred meters more on ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, both sides. but now i felt i could ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, almost reach out and touch them. and ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, then, when i realized which shores they ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, were, i had to stop. ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, they were of the right lake. but this ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, lake is large, fractured, and ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, bipartite. like a pair of lungs carved ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, into the granite, and with no less than ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, five communities anchored at various ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, points. and so, studying these ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, impossibly close shores, i slowly ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, understood them as belonging many miles ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, away. ,,,«*$*£##
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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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#£*$*«,,,, carrying forward, on the very tip of ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, the esker, i found the ruins of some ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, old building. there were overgrown ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, marble staircases, stone floors beneath ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, the moss, and strange slabs inserted ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, into the slope like dams against the ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, ground itself. ,,«*$*£###
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#£*$*«,,,, sitting there, i could see across the ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, narrowed lake my entire path to where i ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, sat: from the stairwell of my house, ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, through the old woods behind the tile ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, factory, the bridge over route ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, twenty three and then back under it, ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, through the fancy villas, over the ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, fields, and then that right turn at the ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, fork. ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, and then the stairs up on the ridge. ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, thinking back, this was probably it. ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, hidden in a grove, there were stairs ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, much like the ones i currently sat on, ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, old and worn down, that lead you up ,,«*$*£###
##£*$*«,,, onto the esker. the point of entry. had ,,,«*$*£##
#£*$*«,,,, i insted opted to walk the path at its ,,,,«*$*£#
##£*$*«,,, foot, i'm sure my experience would've ,,,«*$*£##
###£*$*«,, been different indeed. ,,«*$*£###
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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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