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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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