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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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