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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.                        
                                                              
           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.