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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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