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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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