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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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