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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