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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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