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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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