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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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