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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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