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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. &%;,,,,,,,
,,~;%### ####&%;~,,
,,~;%%&# 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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