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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.                        
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           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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