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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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