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,,,,,~«\£@ 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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