(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.