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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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