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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.           
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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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