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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. ¨----:¤¤¤¤
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#@@¤¤$:--¨ WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S TASTING ME, @ ¤ ¨ ¨--:$¤¤@@#
¤¤$$$$:--¨ IT MOVES FURTHER UP, @ ¤ ¨ ¨--:$$$$¤¤
##@¤¤$:--¨ REACHES THE ARMPIT. @ ¤ ¨ ¨--:$¤¤@##
¤¤¤$$$:--¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨-$$$¤
##@¤¤$:--¨ MORE OF IT IN MY MOUTH. ¤ - ¨--:$¤¤@##
#@@¤¤$:--¨ ¤ - I MAKE TO REMOVE THE SHIRT, BUT THE ¨--:$¤¤@@#
@@¤¤¤$:--¨ SEAGRASS FINALLY PROTESTS WHEN I TRY TO ¨--:$¤¤¤@@
@¤¤¤$-¨¨¨¨ MOVE MY LEFT ARM. ¤ - ¨¨¨¨-$¤¤¤@
##@¤¤$:--¨ ¤ - SO - EATING IT IS OK, ¤ - ¨--:$¤¤@##
@@@¤¤$:--¨ ¤ - ¤ - MOVING IT IS NOT. ¤ - ¤ - ¨--:$¤¤@@@
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