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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   ...=:=%#@@
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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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