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#@@§¤^†«~, Their Voices, Like They  Are Restraining ,~«†^¤§@@#
#@@§¤^†«~, Themselves. There  Is  A Hunger  In Them ,~«†^¤§@@#
##@§¤^†«~, And  It  Wants  Me To Shrink.  And  What ,~«†^¤§@##
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#@@§¤^†«~,      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 ,~«†^¤§@##
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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 ,~«†¤§@@##
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§^^†††~~,,  Me, Barely Controlling Themselves With  ,,~~†††^^§
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