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¨¨§§¨§§¨§§                                          §¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨
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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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