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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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