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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,  ###@%*:-,.
....--:**@ like salt))                              @**:--....
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