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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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