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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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