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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.           
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           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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