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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.  $        
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           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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