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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. ##¤$=†=,¨¨
¨,=†=$¤### ###¤$=†=,¨
¨¨,=†=$¤## 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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