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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.                         
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           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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