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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.           
                                                              
           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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