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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 §=~,,,,,,,
,,,~~==$$§ FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT §$$==~~,,,
,,,,,~~=$§ THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY §$=~~,,,,,
,~*=$§¶@## SATISFIED. ##@¶§$=*~,
,,,,,,,*=§ §=*,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~*=§ 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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