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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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