,,~-:=*&¶@ @¶&*=:-~,,
,,,~-:=*&¶ ¶&*=:-~,,,
,,,,~-:=*& &*=:-~,,,,
,,,~-:=*&¶ ¶&*=:-~,,,
,,~-:=*&¶@ @¶&*=:-~,,
,~-:=*&¶@# 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. @¶&*=:-~,,
,,,~-:=*&¶ ¶&*=:-~,,,
,,,,~-:=*& : &*=:-~,,,,
,,,~-:=*&¶ --- ¶&*=:-~,,,
,,~-:=*&¶@ ~~~~~ @¶&*=:-~,,
,~-:=*&¶@# ,,,,,,,, #@¶&*=:-~,
,,~-:=*&¶@ ~~~~~ @¶&*=:-~,,
,,,~-:=*&¶ --- ¶&*=:-~,,,
,,,,~-:=*& : &*=:-~,,,,
,,,~-:=*&¶ ¶&*=:-~,,,
,,~-:=*&¶@ @¶&*=:-~,,
,~-:=*&¶@# #@¶&*=:-~,
,,~-:=*&¶@ @¶&*=:-~,,
,,,~-:=*&¶ ¶&*=:-~,,,