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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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