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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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