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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