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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.                        
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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.           
                                                              
       .   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.