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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. $=~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~= =~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ they measure my clothes. "you are going ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- to become about half as big", they tell -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ me, barely controlling themselves with ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~= anticipation. =~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~=$ $=~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~=$* = *$=~-,,,,,
,,,,-~=$*# ~~~ #*$=~-,,,,
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,,-~=$*#¶# ~~~ #¶#*$=~-,,
,,,-~=$*#¶ = ¶#*$=~-,,,
,,,,-~=$*# #*$=~-,,,,
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