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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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