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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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