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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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