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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.           
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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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