§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          §§§§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§§§¨¨§§¨
§¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§§§§¨
§§§§§§§§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
¨§§§§§§§§§ 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.              ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§§§§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§§§§¨
¨¨§§§§§¨¨§                    †                     §¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨                    »»»                   ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§§                  ~~~~~                   §¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§§                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§§¨¨§§§¨¨¨                  ~~~~~                   §§§§§§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§                    »»»                   §§§§§§§¨¨¨
§§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                    †                     ¨§§§§§¨¨§§
§§§¨¨§§§§§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§§§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨§§§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨§§§§§§§
§¨¨§§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§§§