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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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