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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.                  
                                          
 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.