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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.     .     
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           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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