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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