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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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