(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.