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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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