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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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