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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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