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#@¶#**;«^¨ @ * ¨ 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. @ * ¨ ¨¨¨¨««;;*¶
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@@¶#**;«^¨ @ * ¨ 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, * « ¨^«;*#¶@##
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