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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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