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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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