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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.           
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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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