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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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