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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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