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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.           
                                                              
           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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