,,^»†*§# ##&§*†»^,,
,,,^»†*§ #&§*†»^,,,
,,,,^»†*§& &§*†»^,,,,
,,,^»†*§ #&§*†»^,,,
,,^»†*§# ##&§*†»^,,
,^»†*§## Winds esker ###&§*†»^,
,,^»†*§# »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» ##&§*†»^,,
,,,^»†*§ #&§*†»^,,,
,,,,^»†*§& 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. ###&§*†»^,
,,^»†*§# ##&§*†»^,,
,,,^»†*§ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» #&§*†»^,,,
,,,,^»†*§& &§*†»^,,,,
,,,^»†*§ 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? ##&§*†»^,,
,,,^»†*§ #&§*†»^,,,
,,,,^»†*§& &§*†»^,,,,
,,,^»†*§ #&§*†»^,,,
,,^»†*§# ##&§*†»^,,
,^»†*§## ###&§*†»^,