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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.  .        
                                                              
           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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