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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, ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,~~† 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 &%††~~,,,,
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,,~~††%&## 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 ~~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ANTICIPATION. ,,,,,,,,,,
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