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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.           
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           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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