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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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