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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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