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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.