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,,~:***&&@ @&&***:~,,
,,~:*%&@## ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## They Tell Me: "We Are Going To Shrink ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## You." I Don'T Quite Like The Tone In ##@&%*:~,,
,,,,,,:%%& Their Voices, Like They Are Restraining &%%:,,,,,,
,,~:*%&@## Themselves. There Is A Hunger In Them ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## And It Wants Me To Shrink. And What ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## Really Irks Me Is That So Do I. ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%@### They Give Me Wristbands And Anklets, ###@%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## Made Of Some Strange Stone. Their ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&### Surface Is Swirling, Like Dark ###&%*:~,,
,,,~::*%@@ Thunderstorms Trapped In Glass, Like @@%*::~,,,
,,~:*%&@## Windows Into A Smaller World, Close To ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## My Body So That It Can See Clearly ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## Whats In Store. ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## ##@&%*:~,,
,,,,,,:%&& They Give Me Food: Prawn-Like Bugs That &&%:,,,,,,
,,,,,~~*&& Make My Tongue Curl With Satisfaction. &&*~~,,,,,
,,~:*%&@## "Out Of This World", I Think, Having No ##@&%*:~,,
,,,,,::%%@ Frame Of Reference. I Eat Only Two, But @%%::,,,,,
,,~:*%%%&& The Bugs Leave Me Suspiciously &&%%%*:~,,
,,,~~~~**& Satisfied. &**~~~~,,,
,,,,,,~:*& &*:~,,,,,,
,,,,,:%%&& They Measure My Clothes. "You Are Going &&%%:,,,,,
,,~:*%&@## To Become About Half As Big", They Tell ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## Me, Barely Controlling Themselves With ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## Anticipation. ##@&%*:~,,
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,,~:*%&@## : ##@&%*:~,,
,,~:*%&@## ~~~ ##@&%*:~,,
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