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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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