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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))                              ...~-*%@##
###@%*-~..                                          ..~-*%@###
####@%*-~.                                          .~-*%@####
###@%*-~..                                          ..~-*%@###
##@%*-~...                                          ...~-*%@##
#@%*-~....                                          ....~-*%@#