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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      &,&,&&&&,&
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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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