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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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