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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