,§,,§,,,,,                                          ,,§,§,,,,,
,,§,,§,,,,                                          ,,,,,§,,,,
,,,§,,§,,,                                          ,,,,,,§,,,
,,,,§,,§,,                                          §,,,,,,§,,
,,,,,§,,§,                                          ,§,,,,,,§,
,,,,,,§,,§ 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.              §,§§,,,§§§
§,,§,,§,,,                                          ,,§§§,,§,§
§§,,§,,§,, 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.               §,,§,§§,,,
,,,,§§§,,§                                          §§,,,§§§,,
,,,,§,§§,,                    \                     §§§,,§,§§,
,,,,,,§§§,                   ===                    §,§§,,,§§§
§,,,,,§,§§                  ^^^^^                   ,,§§§,,§,§
§§,,,,,,§§                 ,,,,,,,,                 ,,§,§§,,,§
,§§,,,,,§,                  ^^^^^                   ,,,,§§§,,§
,§§§,,,,,,                    ===                   ,,,,§,§§,,
,§,§§,,,,,                     \                    §,,,,,§§§,
,,,§§§,,,,                                          ,§,,,,§,§§
§,,§,§§,,,                                          ,,§,,,,,§§
§§,,,§§§,,                                          §,,§,,,,§,
§§§,,§,§§,                                          ,§,,§,,,,,
§,§§,,,§§§                                          ,,§,,§,,,,