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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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