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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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