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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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