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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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