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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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