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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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