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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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