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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. ,¤¤¤¤¤,¤¤,
¤,¤,¤¤¤,,¤ ¤,,,,¤¤,¤¤
¤¤¤¤,,¤,¤, 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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