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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.                        
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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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