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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.           
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           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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