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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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