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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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