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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. ^*~-,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,-~ 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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