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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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