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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.           
                                                              
           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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