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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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