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,,~/%§¶### ###¶§%/~,,
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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. §%/~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~/% %/~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~/ 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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