(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.