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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.       †   
                                                              
           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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