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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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