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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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