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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. ¤..¤......
....¤.¤¤.. ¤¤..¤.....
......¤¤¤. 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. ......¤¤¤.
..¤......¤ ......¤.¤¤
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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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