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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.          .
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           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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