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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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