When spirits still flew
Where we sat holding hands
In half-darkened rooms
Nicola Tesla
In the hotel New Yorker
Nursing sick pigeons
By the open window
Dreamed of a death ray
To disintegrate matter
Detected Morse code
From faraway planets
He couldn't stand the touch
Of hair or of skin
But stroked feathers gently
On trembling wings
And drew plans for a camera
To photograph thoughts
Vacuum tube lights
Wireless phones
In the last days of wonder
When spirits still flew
Round bubbling test tubes
In half-darkened rooms
Edison and Westinghouse
In silk brocade
Ate oysters Rockerfeller
With French champagne
But Tesla grew thin
Eating only saltines
Going days in his lab
Without any sleep
Dreaming of god
As an X-ray beam
He was hit by a cab
While crossing the street
Lying on his bedspread
He struggled to breathe
The light bulbs exploded
The air filled with wings
In the last days of wonder
When spirits still flew
Tesla vacated
His half-darkened room
In the last days of wonder When spirits still flew Where we sat holding hands In half-darkened rooms Nicola Tesla In the hotel New Yorker Nursing sick pigeons By the open window Dreamed of a death ray To disintegrate matter Detected Morse code From faraway planets He couldn't stand the touch Of hair or of skin But stroked feathers gently On trembling wings And drew plans for a camera To photograph thoughts Vacuum tube lights Wireless phones In the last days of wonder When spirits still flew Round bubbling test tubes In half-darkened rooms Edison and Westinghouse In silk brocade Ate oysters Rockerfeller With French champagne But Tesla grew thin Eating only saltines Going days in his lab Without any sleep Dreaming of god As an X-ray beam He was hit by a cab While crossing the street Lying on his bedspread He struggled to breathe The light bulbs exploded The air filled with wings In the last days of wonder When spirits still flew Tesla vacated His half-darkened room Explain Request ×
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