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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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