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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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