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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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