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§%%:.¨¨¨¨¨ @ % ¨ 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. @ % ¨ ¨.~:^%§¶@#
#@¶§%^:~.¨ @ % ¨ @ % ¨ @ % ¨ ¨.~:^%§¶@#
§%%^^^:~.¨ @ % ¨ 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. ¨.~^%§¶@##
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¶§%::.¨¨¨¨ % ~ 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 ¨.~:^%§¶@#
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¶§%%^:~¨¨¨ % ~ SO - EATING IT IS OK, % ~ ¨¨¨~:^%%§¶
§§§^::~¨¨¨ % ~ % ~ MOVING IT IS NOT. % ~ % ~ ¨¨¨~::^§§§
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