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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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