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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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