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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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