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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