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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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