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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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