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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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