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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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