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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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