%/-.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.-/%
/-.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.-/
%/-.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.-/%
%%/-.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.-/%%
¤%%/-.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.-/%%¤
#¤%%/-.¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨.-/%%¤##
###¤%%/-.¨ ¨.-/%%¤###
##¤%%/-.¨¨ / ¨¨.-/%%¤##
#¤%%/-.¨¨¨ --- ¨¨¨.-/%%¤#
¤%%/-.¨¨¨¨ ..... ¨¨¨¨.-/%%¤
%%/-.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.-/%%
%/-.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ..... ¨¨¨¨¨¨.-/%
/-.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ --- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.-/
%/-.¨¨¨¨¨¨ / ¨¨¨¨¨¨.-/%
%%/-.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.-/%%
¤%%/-.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.-/%%¤
#¤%%/-.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.-/%%¤#
##¤%%/-.¨¨ ¨¨.-/%%¤##
###¤%%/-.¨ ¨.-/%%¤###