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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.