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,,,^=*$@@# THEY TELL ME: "WE ARE GOING TO SHRINK #@@$*=^,,,
,,^=*$@@## YOU." I DON'T QUITE LIKE THE TONE IN ##@@$*=^,,
,^=*$@@### THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING ###@@$*=^,
,,^=*$@@## THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM ##@@$*=^,,
,,,^=*$@@# AND IT WANTS ME TO SHRINK. AND WHAT #@@$*=^,,,
,,,,^=*$@@ REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. @@$*=^,,,,
,,,,,^=*$@ @$*=^,,,,,
,,,,,,^=*$ 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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