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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.             #@=†~,,,,,
,~~†=@§###                                          ###§@=†~~,
,~~†=@§§§# 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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