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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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