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             KETAMINE, KET, "HORSE TRANQUILIZER"              
                                                              
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         , STILL UNKNOWN TO ME, OTHER  THAN THROUGH           
              DREAMS*. APPARENTLY MADE FOR MAKING             
           HOLES. THEY MAY BE DARK AND  MONOCHROME.    ,      
                         THEY MAY NOT.                        
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           WHITE  POWDER,  DOSED  BY  WAY  OF  KEY?           
                                                              
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           *A  RED  CYLINDER,  WIDE  AS  A  FINGER.           
                GLOSSY FRECKLED CERAMICS, WITH                
               SOMETHING ORGANIC INSIDE, BEING                
           CORRUPTED  BEFORE YOUR EYES - TURNING TO           
           ASH, BUT  THERE'S NO FLAME.  YOU HOLD IT           
    .      UP  TO  YOUR NOSE,  SUCK  IT  IN  WITH A           
           SHARP  INHALE.  EXIT   TO  THE  BALCONY.           
                                                              
           HERE  ON  THE FIFTH FLOOR,  WITH A  VIEW           
           OVER   THE  PARKING  LOT,  THINGS  START           
                 FOLDING INTO EACH OTHER, LIKE                
        †   COLLAPSING A CARDBOARD BOX. DIMENSIONS            
             BECOMING FLAT AND ADJACENT. PRESSED              
           INTO EACH OTHER. CREASES  ARE  FLATTENED           
           OUT, DISTANCES DISAPPEAR,  THE WORLD  IS           
     ,     MANGLED  DOWN  TO  TWO  DIMENSIONS.  AND           
           SUDDENLY  LIGHT  FALLS ON  THE  EDGE  OF           
  ,        EVERYTHING  RATHER THAN  THE SURFACE: IT .         
                   ALL GOES COMPLETELY DARK.                  
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