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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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