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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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