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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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