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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