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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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