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...:~;$$## # $ . # $ . # $ lying # $ . # $ . # $ . ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### # $ . in my room, # $ . ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### # arms flopped over the edge of the bed. ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### # $ . something poking my left hand, ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## # $ . something slimy, ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### # $ . slithering around the fingers, ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### # $ . up the arm. # $ . ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### is it drug-fueled apathy? # $ . ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## # $ . i don't move the arm. ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### # $ . # $ . # $ . ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### whatever it is that's tasting me, # $ . ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### it moves further up, # $ . ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## reaches the armpit. # $ . ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### i turn my head toward it. # $ . ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### # $ . looks like seagrass. ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### # $ . it's kinda cute. # $ . ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## # $ . # $ . # $ . ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### # $ . once it's up my neck and on my ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### face, i bite it. # $ . ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### # $ . the texture is like that of a ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## juicy # $ . grape, ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### # $ . and the squish tastes like sweet ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### # $ . # $ . cucumber. . ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### # $ . it's very good. # $ . and i # $ . ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## suck more of it in. # $ . ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### # $ . chew it. # $ . ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### # $ . the seagrass doesn't seem to mind. ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### # $ . # $ . # $ . ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## $ ~ apathy gone, i sit up. $ ~ ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### $ ~ the tendrils are stuck under $ ~ ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### $ ~ my shirt, $ ~ entering by the arm ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### and exiting through the collar. $ ~ ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## $ ~ this makes it hard for me to push ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### more of it in my mouth. $ ~ ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### $ ~ i make to remove the shirt, but the ####$$;~:.
..:~;$$### seagrass finally protests when i try to ###$$;~:..
...:~;$$## move my left arm. $ ~ ##$$;~:...
..:~;$$### $ ~ so - eating it is ok, $ ~ ###$$;~:..
.:~;$$#### $ ~ $ ~ moving it is not. $ ~ $ ~ ####$$;~:.
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