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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.           
                                                              
           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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