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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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