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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      &&&&&&&&,,
&&&,,&&&&&                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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