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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,  ¨¨¨¨¨¨,/%#
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