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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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