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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 ,#,,,#,,,,
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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      ,,,,###,,#
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,,#,,,#,,, THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU  ARE GOING ,,,,,,#,##
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