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§§..§§§..§ They Tell Me:  "We Are  Going  To Shrink §..§§...§.
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.§§§§§.§§§ 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      §§§§§.§...
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§.§..§§..§ 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      §..§.§§...
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§..§..§.§. They Measure My  Clothes. "You Are Going §§..§.§..§
.§.§§.§§§§ To Become About Half As Big", They  Tell ..§.§§§§.§
§§§§.§§...  Me, Barely Controlling Themselves With  ..§§§...§§
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