(ICARUS)                 
                                          
 I  HAD  THIS   IDEA   THAT   YOU   COULD 
  CONSTRUCT REALITY CHECKS (AS FOR LUCID  
 DREAMING, WHERE  YOU'D  LEARN THIS HABIT 
 OF  TRYING TO  SNEAKILY BREAK THE  RULES 
 OF  CAUSALITY  OR   PHYSICS,   SUCH   AS 
 FLIPPING A  LIGHT  SWITCH TO SEE  IF  IT 
 ACTUALLY  TURNS  OFF  THE   LIGHTS,   OR 
 TRYING  TO   GET  YOUR  HANDS  TO  PHASE 
 TOGETHER.  THE THOUGHT BEING THAT IF ANY 
 OF THE "CHECKS"  ACTUALLY WORKED,  YOU'D 
 KNOW  YOU  WERE  DREAMING)   FOR  DATURA 
                  PLANTS.                 
                                          
 I THOUGHT,  YOU  COULD GET IN  THE HABIT 
 OF THROWING  THINGS ON THE GROUND,  LIKE 
    PENS. MEANT TO PORTRAY CIGARETTES,    
 BECAUSE  EVERYONE WHO DOES DATURA SMOKES 
 CIGARETTES. (THEY  IN  FACT AREN'T,  AND 
 SO   SOONER   OR  LATER  THE  CIGARETTES 
 DISAPPEAR,  AND THEY  SEARCH THE GROUND, 
 BUT NOTHING'S THERE.) THROWING  PENS  ON 
 THE  GROUND  AND PICKING THEM  BACK  UP. 
 AND BE  REALLY CONCERNED IF THEY WEREN'T 
               TO BE THERE.               
                                          
 THIS  IS  PROBABLY  NOT  HOW  DELIRIANTS 
 WORK.    BUT   I    HAD   THE   THOUGHT.