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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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