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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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