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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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