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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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