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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.                   
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
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