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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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