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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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