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 Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla, brilliant mind,

Invented voltage marvels to

Benefit future humankind,

Fortunes he made and lost to do.

In New York City hotels he

Lived alone and would move around

When large unpaid bills came to be.

Age 75 he was bound

For cover of Time magazine.

But his great mind had lost its spark.

Old and penniless he'd be seen

Feeding the pigeons in the park.

Alone in his room, Tesla died,

Inventions in mind left inside.