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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. §§§:^^^,,,
,^=:§$$$## "OUT  OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ##$$$§:=^,
,^=:§$$$$§ FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY  TWO, BUT §$$$$§:=^,
,^=:§$§###      THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY      ###§$§:=^,
,^=:§$§###                SATISFIED.                ###§$§:=^,
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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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