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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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