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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.           
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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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