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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.                ##§*§†~:,,
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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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