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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. $*/~:,,,,,
,,,,:~/*$¤                                          ¤$*/~:,,,,
,,,:~/*$¤# 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.              $*/~:,,,,,
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,,,,,,,:~/ THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE  BUGS THAT /~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ MAKE MY  TONGUE CURL WITH  SATISFACTION. ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: "OUT OF  THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ FRAME OF  REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~/      THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY      /~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~/*                SATISFIED.                */~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~/*$                                          $*/~:,,,,,
,,,,:~/*$¤ 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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