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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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