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Tesla

Nikola Tesla, inventor
Of voltage marvels used today.
He was not in inventing for
The patent rights and lots of pay.
He created and gave for free
All his ideas, some good, some bad,
Keeping just eccentricity.
A rented room was all he had,
Caring for pigeons perched nearby.
He was old, penniless, but proud
Of one last work before he'd die.
He told his secret right out loud.

The way to make war disappear;
But only the pigeons did hear.