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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      ,&,,,,&,,,
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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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