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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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