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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. #§£†:-:...
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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 -:........
.........: move my left arm. £ - :.........
.......... £ - so - eating it is ok, £ - ..........
.........: £ - £ - moving it is not. £ - £ - :.........
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