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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.                   
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
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