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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.           
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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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