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Erased from Eastern Nights—and Flights: A Record of Oriental Adventure (1919) by Alan Bott

Who will remember
life beyond old age

We saw darkly— being
opposite reflections of ourselves

We knew an unnatural world
negative – passive – useless

Yet consider the possibility
of unreal life

Let us happen
in our own isolated
captivity

Some of us passed
into this fantastic
wonderland