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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      ,§,§,,§,,§
,§,§§,§,,§                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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