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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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