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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.              ##@#%*^=-,
,-=^*%#@@#                                          #@@#%*^=-,
,-=^*%#@## 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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