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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.