The Complex Lake
Personal memory by Siobhan Nowak
1992 • Toledo, OH, USA
In Toledo Ohio there was a lake upon which I would ice-skate during the winter. During the summer it was filled with the life of many bluegill and bass fish. This lake has since been over polluted, is absent fish, and no longer freezes during the winter.
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