,                                                          
                                                       ,      
                                                              
       :      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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