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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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