.,«\$@&@## ##@&@$\«,.
..,«\$@&@# #@&@$\«,..
...,«\$@&@ @&@$\«,...
....,«\$@& &@$\«,....
...,«\$@&@ @&@$\«,...
..,«\$@&@# they tell me: "we are going to shrink #@&@$\«,..
.,«\$@&@## 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. ##@&@$\«,.
..,«\$@&@# #@&@$\«,..
...,«\$@&@ 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 ##@&@$\«,.
..,«\$@&@# satisfied. #@&@$\«,..
...,«\$@&@ @&@$\«,...
....,«\$@& they measure my clothes. "you are going &@$\«,....
...,«\$@&@ to become about half as big", they tell @&@$\«,...
..,«\$@&@# me, barely controlling themselves with #@&@$\«,..
.,«\$@&@## anticipation. ##@&@$\«,.
..,«\$@&@# #@&@$\«,..
...,«\$@&@ \ @&@$\«,...
....,«\$@& ««« &@$\«,....
...,«\$@&@ ,,,,, @&@$\«,...
..,«\$@&@# ........ #@&@$\«,..
.,«\$@&@## ,,,,, ##@&@$\«,.
..,«\$@&@# ««« #@&@$\«,..
...,«\$@&@ \ @&@$\«,...
....,«\$@& &@$\«,....
...,«\$@&@ @&@$\«,...
..,«\$@&@# #@&@$\«,..
.,«\$@&@## ##@&@$\«,.
..,«\$@&@# #@&@$\«,..