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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 @@@@*==:,,
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,,:==*@@@@ 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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