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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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