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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.           
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           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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