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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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