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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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