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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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