(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.