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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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