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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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