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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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