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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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