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#¤$**«,¨¨¨ Their Voices, Like They  Are Restraining ¨¨¨,«**$¤#
@#¤$**«,¨¨ Themselves. There  Is  A Hunger In  Them ¨¨,«**$¤#@
#@#¤$**«,¨ And  It  Wants  Me  To  Shrink. And What ¨,«**$¤#@#
@#¤$**«,¨¨ Really   Irks  Me  Is  That  So  Do   I. ¨¨,«**$¤#@
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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   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«*
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*«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ My  Body So  That  It  Can  See  Clearly ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«*
**«,¨¨¨¨¨¨             Whats In Store.              ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«**
$**«,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,«**$
¤$**«,¨¨¨¨ They Give Me Food:  Prawn-Like Bugs That ¨¨¨¨,«**$¤
#¤$**«,¨¨¨ Make My  Tongue  Curl With Satisfaction. ¨¨¨,«**$¤#
@#¤$**«,¨¨ "Out Of This World", I Think, Having  No ¨¨,«**$¤#@
#@#¤$**«,¨ Frame Of Reference. I Eat Only  Two, But ¨,«**$¤#@#
@#¤$**«,¨¨      The Bugs Leave Me Suspiciously      ¨¨,«**$¤#@
#¤$**«,¨¨¨                Satisfied.                ¨¨¨,«**$¤#
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$**«,¨¨¨¨¨ They  Measure My Clothes. "You Are Going ¨¨¨¨¨,«**$
**«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ To Become  About Half As Big", They Tell ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«**
*«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  Me, Barely Controlling Themselves With  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«*
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