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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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