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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. §§¨§§¨¨§§¨
§¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨§§
§§§¨§¨§¨¨¨ 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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