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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.