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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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