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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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