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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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