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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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