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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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