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@$*;»,¨¨¨¨ THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM ¨¨¨¨,»;*$@
$*;»,¨¨¨¨¨ AND IT WANTS ME TO SHRINK. AND WHAT ¨¨¨¨¨,»;*$
*;»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»;*
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$*;»,¨¨¨¨¨ MADE OF SOME STRANGE STONE. THEIR ¨¨¨¨¨,»;*$
@$*;»,¨¨¨¨ SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK ¨¨¨¨,»;*$@
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#@@$*;»,¨¨ WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO ¨¨,»;*$@@#
##@@$*;»,¨ MY BODY SO THAT IT CAN SEE CLEARLY ¨,»;*$@@##
#@@$*;»,¨¨ WHATS IN STORE. ¨¨,»;*$@@#
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$*;»,¨¨¨¨¨ MAKE MY TONGUE CURL WITH SATISFACTION. ¨¨¨¨¨,»;*$
*;»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ "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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#@@$*;»,¨¨ TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ¨¨,»;*$@@#
##@@$*;»,¨ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ¨,»;*$@@##
#@@$*;»,¨¨ ANTICIPATION. ¨¨,»;*$@@#
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