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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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