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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 ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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 ^~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~^% 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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