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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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