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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.           
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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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