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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