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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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