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§,§§,,§§§§                winds esker               ,§,§§§,,,,
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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.               ,,,§§,,§§§
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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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,§§,§,,§§§ 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.                  ,§,§§§,,,,
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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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