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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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