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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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