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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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