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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 @¤::::,,,,
,,,,::$$¤¤ Discussed With Others, Or Pointed Out ¤¤$$::,,,,
,:»:$¤¤@## On Maps, I Could Not Think Of It When ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## Alone. I Would Often Travel Past The ##@¤¤$:»:,
,,,,:»»$¤@ Fork, Where A Right Turn Would Surely @¤$»»:,,,,
,,,,,,,»$¤ Take Me There, But Even Then, Something ¤$»,,,,,,,
,:»:$¤¤@## Kept Me Away. ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## When I Finally Got There, After Some ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## Heavy Subconscious Battle I Must ##@¤¤$:»:,
,,,»»»::$¤ Assume, The Place Was Surreal. An ¤$::»»»,,,
,:»:$¤¤@## Esker, Like A Needle-Thin Rift Out In ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»::$¤¤¤# The Lake, But Ten Meters High And #¤¤¤$::»:,
,,,,:»$¤¤# Adorned In Birch, Willow, Bracken, And #¤¤$»:,,,,
,,,,»:::¤¤ 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 ¤¤::»,,,,,
,:»:$¤¤@@@ Were Much Too Close, As The Lake Should @@@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## Stretch For A Hundred Meters More On ##@¤¤$:»:,
,,,,»$$$¤@ Both Sides. But Now I Felt I Could @¤$$$»,,,,
,:»:$¤¤@## Almost Reach Out And Touch Them. And ##@¤¤$:»:,
,,,,,,,»$¤ Then, When I Realized Which Shores They ¤$»,,,,,,,
,:»»:$¤¤@@ Were, I Had To Stop. @@¤¤$:»»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## They Were Of The Right Lake. But This ##@¤¤$:»:,
,,,:::$¤¤¤ Lake Is Large, Fractured, And ¤¤¤$:::,,,
,:»:$¤¤@## Bipartite. Like A Pair Of Lungs Carved ##@¤¤$:»:,
,,,:»»$$¤¤ Into The Granite, And With No Less Than ¤¤$$»»:,,,
,,,,:»»»$¤ Five Communities Anchored At Various ¤$»»»:,,,,
,:»:$¤¤@## Points. And So, Studying These ##@¤¤$:»:,
,,,,»:$¤@@ Impossibly Close Shores, I Slowly @@¤$:»,,,,
,,,,::¤¤¤@ Understood Them As Belonging Many Miles @¤¤¤::,,,,
,:»:$¤¤@@@ Away. @@@¤¤$:»:,
,:»»:$$$¤¤ ¤¤$$$:»»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## I Examined The Ridge, The Treeline ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## Above. Was This What You Saw Opposite, ##@¤¤$:»:,
,,,,:»$¤@# From Those Other Shores? I Couldn'T #@¤$»:,,,,
,:»:$¤¤@## Remember. ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## Carrying Forward, On The Very Tip Of ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## The Esker, I Found The Ruins Of Some ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤¤¤@ Old Building. There Were Overgrown @¤¤¤¤$:»:,
,,,,,,»$¤# Marble Staircases, Stone Floors Beneath #¤$»,,,,,,
,:»:$¤¤¤¤¤ The Moss, And Strange Slabs Inserted ¤¤¤¤¤$:»:,
,,,,:»$$¤@ Into The Slope Like Dams Against The @¤$$»:,,,,
,:»:$¤¤@## Ground Itself. ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## ##@¤¤$:»:,
,,,:»»:¤¤¤ 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, ¤¤:»:,,,,,
,:»:$¤¤@## Old And Worn Down, That Lead You Up ##@¤¤$:»:,
,,,,,::$¤¤ Onto The Esker. The Point Of Entry. Had ¤¤$::,,,,,
,:»:$¤¤@## I Insted Opted To Walk The Path At Its ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$$¤¤@# Foot, I'M Sure My Experience Would'Ve #@¤¤$$:»:,
,::::»»$¤¤ Been Different Indeed. ¤¤$»»::::,
,:»:$¤¤@## ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## ##@¤¤$:»:,
,:»:$¤¤@## On The Lake, There Were People In ##@¤¤$:»:,
,,,,:»$¤¤# Boats. I Wondered, Could They Even See #¤¤$»:,,,,
,,,::$$$¤¤ Me? If I Shouted, Would They Turn To ¤¤$$$::,,,
,,,,»:¤¤@# Stare Right Through Me? #@¤¤:»,,,,
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