(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.