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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.