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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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#¶£%$:~,,, THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE  BUGS THAT ,,,~:$%£¶#
##¶£%$:~,, MAKE MY  TONGUE  CURL WITH SATISFACTION. ,,~:$%£¶##
#¶£%$:~,,, "OUT  OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ,,,~:$%£¶#
¶£%$:~,,,, FRAME OF REFERENCE. I  EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ,,,,~:$%£¶
£%$:~,,,,,      THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY      ,,,,,~:$%£
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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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