....-~/$§#                                          #§$/~-....
.....-~/$§                                          §$/~-.....
......-~/$                                          $/~-......
.......-~/                                          /~-.......
........-~                                          ~-........
.........- THEY TELL  ME: "WE ARE  GOING TO  SHRINK -.........
.......... YOU."  I  DON'T  QUITE LIKE THE TONE  IN ..........
.......... THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY  ARE RESTRAINING ..........
.......... THEMSELVES. THERE  IS  A HUNGER  IN THEM ..........
.......... AND  IT  WANTS ME  TO  SHRINK. AND  WHAT ..........
.......... REALLY  IRKS  ME  IS  THAT  SO   DO   I. ..........
.........-                                          -.........
........-~ THEY  GIVE ME  WRISTBANDS  AND  ANKLETS, ~-........
.......-~/ MADE  OF   SOME   STRANGE  STONE.  THEIR /~-.......
......-~/$      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      $/~-......
.......-~/                SATISFIED.                /~-.......
........-~                                          ~-........
.........- THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU  ARE GOING -.........
.......... TO  BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ..........
..........  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  ..........
..........               ANTICIPATION.              ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                     /                    ..........
.........-                    ~~~                   -.........
........-~                  -----                   ~-........
.......-~/                 ........                 /~-.......
......-~/$                   -----                  $/~-......
.....-~/$§                    ~~~                   §$/~-.....
....-~/$§#                    /                     #§$/~-....
...-~/$§#@                                          @#§$/~-...
..-~/$§#@#                                          #@#§$/~-..
.-~/$§#@##                                          ##@#§$/~-.
..-~/$§#@#                                          #@#§$/~-..
...-~/$§#@                                          @#§$/~-...