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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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