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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 .......,;†
$†;,...... Kept Me Away. ......,;†$
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#@$†;,.... When I Finally Got There, After Some ....,;†$@#
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###@$†;,.. The Lake, But Ten Meters High And ..,;†$@###
##@$†;,... Adorned In Birch, Willow, Bracken, And ...,;†$@##
#@$†;,.... Blueberries. ....,;†$@#
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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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###@$†;,.. Lake Is Large, Fractured, And ..,;†$@###
##@$†;,... Bipartite. Like A Pair Of Lungs Carved ...,;†$@##
#@$†;,.... Into The Granite, And With No Less Than ....,;†$@#
@$†;,..... Five Communities Anchored At Various .....,;†$@
$†;,...... Points. And So, Studying These ......,;†$
†;,....... Impossibly Close Shores, I Slowly .......,;†
;,........ Understood Them As Belonging Many Miles ........,;
,......... Away. .........,
;,........ ........,;
†;,....... I Examined The Ridge, The Treeline .......,;†
$†;,...... Above. Was This What You Saw Opposite, ......,;†$
@$†;,..... From Those Other Shores? I Couldn'T .....,;†$@
#@$†;,.... Remember. ....,;†$@#
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####@$†;,. The Esker, I Found The Ruins Of Some .,;†$@####
###@$†;,.. Old Building. There Were Overgrown ..,;†$@###
##@$†;,... Marble Staircases, Stone Floors Beneath ...,;†$@##
#@$†;,.... The Moss, And Strange Slabs Inserted ....,;†$@#
@$†;,..... Into The Slope Like Dams Against The .....,;†$@
$†;,...... Ground Itself. ......,;†$
†;,....... .......,;†
;,........ 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 .......,;†
$†;,...... Factory, The Bridge Over Route ......,;†$
@$†;,..... Twenty three And Then Back Under It, .....,;†$@
#@$†;,.... Through The Fancy Villas, Over The ....,;†$@#
##@$†;,... Fields, And Then That Right Turn At The ...,;†$@##
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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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