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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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