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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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