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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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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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. ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ 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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