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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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