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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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