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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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