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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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