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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,  #@%§^-....
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