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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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