,^~;%$&¶## ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## ##¶&$%;~^,
,,,,^;%$¶# #¶$%;^,,,,
,^~~~;$&&& &&&$;~~~^,
,^~;%$&¶## ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~%$&¶### THEY TELL ME: "WE ARE GOING TO SHRINK ###¶&$%~^,
,,,,^^;;%& YOU." I DON'T QUITE LIKE THE TONE IN &%;;^^,,,,
,^~;$&¶### THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING ###¶&$;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶¶# AND IT WANTS ME TO SHRINK. AND WHAT #¶¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. ##¶&$%;~^,
,,,,^;$&&¶ ¶&&$;^,,,,
,^;%$&¶### THEY GIVE ME WRISTBANDS AND ANKLETS, ###¶&$%;^,
,,,,~%%$$& MADE OF SOME STRANGE STONE. THEIR &$$%%~,,,,
,^~;%$&¶## SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK ##¶&$%;~^,
,,,,,,^;%& THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE &%;^,,,,,,
,^~;;%%$$& WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO &$$%%;;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## MY BODY SO THAT IT CAN SEE CLEARLY ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&&&& WHATS IN STORE. &&&&$%;~^,
,^~;%&¶### ###¶&%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&&¶# MAKE MY TONGUE CURL WITH SATISFACTION. #¶&&$%;~^,
,,,,,^~%&¶ "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ¶&%~^,,,,,
,^~;%$&¶¶# FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT #¶¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&&¶¶ SATISFIED. ¶¶&&$%;~^,
,,,^^;;$$¶ ¶$$;;^^,,,
,,,,,,~;$& THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING &$;~,,,,,,
,^~;%$&¶## TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%%%%$¶ ANTICIPATION. ¶$%%%%;~^,
,,,,,,^;$& &$;^,,,,,,
,^~;%$&¶¶¶ ; ¶¶¶&$%;~^,
,,,,~;%$¶¶ ~~~ ¶¶$%;~,,,,
,^~;%$&¶## ^^^^^ ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## ,,,,,,,, ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## ^^^^^ ##¶&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## ~~~ ##¶&$%;~^,
,,,^;;%$&¶ ; ¶&$%;;^,,,
,^~;%$&&¶# #¶&&$%;~^,
,^~;;%$$¶# #¶$$%;;~^,
,,,,^^^;%& &%;^^^,,,,
,^~;%$&&&& &&&&$%;~^,
,^~;%$&¶## ##¶&$%;~^,