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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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