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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. ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨
¨§¨§¨§¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§§¨
§§§§§§§¨¨§ 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.               §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§
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