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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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