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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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