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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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