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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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