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.§.§§...§. 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.                 §....§§§..
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..§.§§...§ 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.               ..§.......
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..§§§....§ this  is  probably  not  how  deliriants ....§.....
..§.§§...§ work.   but    i   had   the    thought. .....§....
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