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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, ,,,,«/**&#
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###&**/«,,      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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###&**/«,, 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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