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####&%/~-¨ ok at this point i am ready to believe.  ¨-~/%&####
###&%/~-¨¨ it would be so easy to let go and start  ¨¨-~/%&###
##&%/~-¨¨¨ to take in water. the boat would be      ¨¨¨-~/%&##
#&%/~-¨¨¨¨ submerged in minutes, a small list at    ¨¨¨¨-~/%&#
##&%/~-¨¨¨ first but once enough sea has poured     ¨¨¨-~/%&##
###&%/~-¨¨ in, it would be quick. the boat on its   ¨¨-~/%&###
####&%/~-¨ way to the bottom. rope and bins         ¨-~/%&####
###&%/~-¨¨ floating.                                ¨¨-~/%&###
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#&%/~-¨¨¨¨ anyway - i'm fairly certain that the     ¨¨¨¨-~/%&#
##&%/~-¨¨¨ spots move. they're insects or           ¨¨¨-~/%&##
###&%/~-¨¨ something. when i'm not looking, they    ¨¨-~/%&###
####&%/~-¨ shift, they crawl, they grow and         ¨-~/%&####
###&%/~-¨¨ shrink. they congregate                  ¨¨-~/%&###
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#&%/~-¨¨¨¨ (i'm thinking, i should get a tattoo     ¨¨¨¨-~/%&#
##&%/~-¨¨¨ gun, draw circles around them. to show   ¨¨¨-~/%&##
###&%/~-¨¨ that they do indeed migrate across the   ¨¨-~/%&###
####&%/~-¨ skin. (or, the circles would trap them,  ¨-~/%&####
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