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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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