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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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