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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.              †