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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 ##¤/-,,,,,
,~-/$¤&#@# REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. #@#&¤$/-~,
,,,,~~/$&@ @&$/~~,,,,
,-/$¤&#@## THEY GIVE ME WRISTBANDS AND ANKLETS, ##@#&¤$/-,
,~-/$¤&@## MADE OF SOME STRANGE STONE. THEIR ##@&¤$/-~,
,~-/$¤&#@# SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK #@#&¤$/-~,
,,,,~/¤¤¤# THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE #¤¤¤/~,,,,
,~-/$¤&#@# WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO #@#&¤$/-~,
,,,,,~~-$& MY BODY SO THAT IT CAN SEE CLEARLY &$-~~,,,,,
,,,~-/$$&@ WHATS IN STORE. @&$$/-~,,,
,~-/$¤&#@# #@#&¤$/-~,
,~-/$¤&@## THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ##@&¤$/-~,
,,,--///¤& 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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