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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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