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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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