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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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