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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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