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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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