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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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