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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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