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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.                  
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
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