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##@#$^==~, ok at this point i am ready to believe.  ,~==^$#@##
@$^^====~, it would be so easy to let go and start  ,~====^^$@
@$==,,,,,, to take in water. the boat would be      ,,,,,,==$@
##@#$^==~, submerged in minutes, a small list at    ,~==^$#@##
##@#$^==~, first but once enough sea has poured     ,~==^$#@##
##@#$^==~, in, it would be quick. the boat on its   ,~==^$#@##
##@#$^==~, way to the bottom. rope and bins         ,~==^$#@##
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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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