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##¤%====.¨ @ § ¨ 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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