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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     .......,=†
$†=,...... IN, IT WOULD BE QUICK. THE BOAT ON ITS   ......,=†$
*$†=,..... WAY TO THE BOTTOM. ROPE AND BINS         .....,=†$*
#*$†=,.... FLOATING.                                ....,=†$*#
##*$†=,...                                          ...,=†$*##
###*$†=,.. ANYWAY - I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT THE     ..,=†$*###
####*$†=,. SPOTS MOVE. THEY'RE INSECTS OR           .,=†$*####
###*$†=,.. SOMETHING. WHEN I'M NOT LOOKING, THEY    ..,=†$*###
##*$†=,... SHIFT, THEY CRAWL, THEY GROW AND         ...,=†$*##
#*$†=,.... SHRINK. THEY CONGREGATE                  ....,=†$*#
*$†=,.....                                          .....,=†$*
$†=,...... (I'M THINKING, I SHOULD GET A TATTOO     ......,=†$
†=,....... 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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