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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