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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.                  †