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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.