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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 ##§§§§:--,
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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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