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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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