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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.   ,       
                                                              
           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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