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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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