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             KETAMINE, KET, "HORSE TRANQUILIZER"      .       
                                                              
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           #£««»~»~«~=»~«=-»~«-=~~»«»~«~=»~==~«-~@£     ,     
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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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           £@«--==~«=~«»~-««-«~»«~~~-«»~==«~-~-»»£§           
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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.