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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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