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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.                         
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     .     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.           
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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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