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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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