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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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