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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,  @.@.@....@
..@..@@@@. like salt))                              @@@@@...@.
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