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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                  ##%*:~^,,,
,,,,^~:*%#                                          #%*:~^,,,,
,,,,,^~:*% (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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