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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. ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§
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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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