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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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