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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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