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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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