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##@//,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,//@##
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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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