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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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