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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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           #&«««=»-»=«-~»«~«~»~-~«~-=«=~»~~~~~~-~&£    *      
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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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