I dropped My Guitar Pick in the CD DRIVE. What do I do?

I dropped my guitar pick in my CD drive. help!

I hope that she will, too - be sure and use the attachment that would be used for getting crumbs out of cracks in the sofa - I have no idea what it's actually called but it's long and has a thin, long sucker...
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