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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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