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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   .......~\*
$*\~...... way to the bottom. rope and bins         ......~\*$
§$*\~..... floating.                                .....~\*$§
@§$*\~....                                          ....~\*$§@
@@§$*\~... anyway - i'm fairly certain that the     ...~\*$§@@
#@@§$*\~.. spots move. they're insects or           ..~\*$§@@#
@@§$*\~... something. when i'm not looking, they    ...~\*$§@@
@§$*\~.... shift, they crawl, they grow and         ....~\*$§@
§$*\~..... shrink. they congregate                  .....~\*$§
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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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