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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.