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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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