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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 ####%%/~,.
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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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