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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. ^.........
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.......^~; $ ~ 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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