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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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