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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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      :    ££~-»~»«»----~==««-«~=»=-»«»»«~«~«~~~~§£           
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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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