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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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