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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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