¨            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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