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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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