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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.           
                                                              
           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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