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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