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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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