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&&&$$«,¨¨¨ # § ¨ # § ¨ # § LYING # § ¨ # § ¨ # § ¨ ¨¨¨,«$$&&&
&§**««¨¨¨¨ # § ¨ IN MY ROOM, # § ¨ ¨¨¨¨««**§&
##@&§$*«,¨ # ARMS FLOPPED OVER THE EDGE OF THE BED. ¨,«*$§&@##
##@&§$*«,¨ # § ¨ SOMETHING POKING MY LEFT HAND, ¨,«*$§&@##
#@§$$«,,¨¨ # § ¨ SOMETHING SLIMY, ¨¨,,«$$§@#
##@&§$*«,¨ # § ¨ SLITHERING AROUND THE FINGERS, ¨,«*$§&@##
@§$**,¨¨¨¨ # § ¨ UP THE ARM. # § ¨ ¨¨¨¨,**$§@
##@&§$*«,¨ IS IT DRUG-FUELED APATHY? # § ¨ ¨,«*$§&@##
@§$«««,¨¨¨ # § ¨ I DON'T MOVE THE ARM. ¨¨¨,«««$§@
#@§§$$*«,¨ # § ¨ # § ¨ # § ¨ ¨,«*$$§§@#
##@&§$*«,¨ WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S TASTING ME, # § ¨ ¨,«*$§&@##
##@&§$*«,¨ IT MOVES FURTHER UP, # § ¨ ¨,«*$§&@##
###@&§$*,¨ REACHES THE ARMPIT. # § ¨ ¨,*$§&@###
&§§§§$*«,¨ I TURN MY HEAD TOWARD IT. # § ¨ ¨,«*$§§§§&
##@&§$*«,¨ # § ¨ LOOKS LIKE SEAGRASS. ¨,«*$§&@##
@@@&§$*«,¨ # § ¨ IT'S KINDA CUTE. # § ¨ ¨,«*$§&@@@
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&&$«,¨¨¨¨¨ # § ¨ ONCE IT'S UP MY NECK AND ON MY ¨¨¨¨¨,«$&&
#&$*«««¨¨¨ FACE, I BITE IT. # § ¨ ¨¨¨«««*$&#
##@&§$*«,¨ # § ¨ THE TEXTURE IS LIKE THAT OF A ¨,«*$§&@##
&§*,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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