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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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