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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.                  ,,§,§§,§,§
§,§,§§§§§,                                          §,§§§,§§§§
,§§§§,,,,§ 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.              §§,§,,§§,,
§§,§§§§,,,                                          ,,§§§,§,§,
§,§§,,,§,, 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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