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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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