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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,  ###§%*;~,.
.,~;*%%%§@ like salt))                              @§%%%*;~,.
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