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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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