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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.                         
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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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