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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     .....-^^##
#$$$$^*-:. in, it would be quick. the boat on its   .:-*^$$$$#
@@##$^*-:. way to the bottom. rope and bins         .:-*^$##@@
#@##$^*-:. floating.                                .:-*^$##@#
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#^-:...... spots move. they're insects or           ......:-^#
#@##$^*-:. something. when i'm not looking, they    .:-*^$##@#
#$$^*-.... shift, they crawl, they grow and         ....-*^$$#
####$^*-:. shrink. they congregate                  .:-*^$####
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####$^*-:. (i'm thinking, i should get a tattoo     .:-*^$####
@@##$^*-:. gun, draw circles around them. to show   .:-*^$##@@
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