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.                         
                                                              
           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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