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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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