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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, #@#§*^/~.¨
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¨¨¨¨~~/*§§      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. #@#§*^/~.¨
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¨.~/^*§#@# Frame  Of Reference. I Eat Only Two, But #@#§*^/~.¨
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¨.~/^*§§## They Measure  My Clothes. "You Are Going ##§§*^/~.¨
¨.~/^*§#@# To Become About Half  As Big", They Tell #@#§*^/~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~/^§  Me, Barely Controlling Themselves With  §^/~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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