~                                                    
                                                              
    ,                                                         
                                                              
             KETAMINE, KET, "HORSE TRANQUILIZER"              
                                                              
           @                                      ¤           
           §@~==~~=---»=~=»«=~~~«-«==~=~«~»«==~-«§#           
           ¤                                      £           
 ,                                                            
           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?           
                                                              
     ,     §                                      #           
           #§~-=~~=~=~=-»=«~-~»»=««»~««=~«-»«-~«=¤@           
        .  #                                      #           
                                                              
           *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.            .      
                                                              
     %                                                        
      .                                                       
                                                              
   .