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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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