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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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