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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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