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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      §§.§.§...§
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..§§§.§.§. THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES.  "YOU ARE GOING §..§...§§§
§.§..§§§§§ TO  BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL .§.§§..§..
§§§§.§....  ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH  §§§§.§.§§.
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