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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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