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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. #@#&£%†~,,
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,,,,,,~†£& 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.             #&%†~,,,,,
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,,~†%£&### 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      &%~~,,,,,,
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,,~†%££&&& 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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