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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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