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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. §¨§§§§§§§¨
§§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§¨¨¨§§§§ 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.              §§§§¨¨§¨¨¨
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