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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 ##&==-~,,,
,~-/=$&### WHATS IN STORE. ###&$=/-~,
,~-/=$&### ###&$=/-~,
,~-/=$&### THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ###&$=/-~,
,~-/=$&### MAKE MY TONGUE CURL WITH SATISFACTION. ###&$=/-~,
,,,,-==$## "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ##$==-,,,,
,~-/=$&### FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ###&$=/-~,
,,,,,,~/=& THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY &=/~,,,,,,
,~-/=$&### SATISFIED. ###&$=/-~,
,~-/=$&### ###&$=/-~,
,~-/=$&### THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ###&$=/-~,
,~-/=$#### TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ####$=/-~,
,~-/=$&### ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ###&$=/-~,
,~-/=$&### ANTICIPATION. ###&$=/-~,
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