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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. ###¤&*†-,,
,,-†*&¤### ###¤&*†-,,
,,,,,-†&&¤ 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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