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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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