(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.