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,~=†§£¤££# 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.                  ¤§§§=~,,,,
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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.              #¤£££§†=~,
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,,,,,,==§¤ 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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