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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.              #&%**†,,,,
,,-††**&&#                                          #&&**††-,,
,,-†*%&### 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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