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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.