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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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