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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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