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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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