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,&,&&,,&,, 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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,,&,,&,,,, THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE ,,&,,,,,&,
,,,&,,&,,, WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO ,,,&,,,,,&
&,,,&,,&,, MY BODY SO THAT IT CAN SEE CLEARLY ,,,,&,,,,,
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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 &,,&,,,,,,
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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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