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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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