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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         ###¤¤%^«-,
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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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