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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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