.            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.                         
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           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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