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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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