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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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