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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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