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.,~=%§&¶## to take in water. the boat would be      ##¶&§%=~,.
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.,~=%§&¶## first but once enough sea has poured     ##¶&§%=~,.
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.,~=%§&¶## way to the bottom. rope and bins         ##¶&§%=~,.
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.,~=%§&¶## 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   ##¶&§%=~,.
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