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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