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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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