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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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