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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.           
                                                              
      ¨    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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