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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.           
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           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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