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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.                         
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           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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