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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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