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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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