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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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