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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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