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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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