The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar

Such a singular request to be asked To bend the laws of nature to see what lies beyond Ethics and morals be damned, I want to know Summoned with urgency, he had tarried to long Dying of consumption, the subject agreed to the test To mesmerize a man on the brink of death To gain an insight, on what happens after life To see beyond the vale which we live behind Entranced, and dead, he answered questions He begged to be awoken or left to sleep In the pursuit of knowledge, my haste led me astray I was not prepared to see a dead man speak He begged us over and over to let him be Only longing to return to eternal sleep He become uncooperative after only a few minutes He would only shout "Dead! Dead! Dead!" I released him from the trance and he fell silent His body disolved into foul smelling sludge immediately after