Tesla's Gift

 
Here we are with our nuclear plants
our toxic power grids and stations; 
the race for cobalt, lithium, uranium,
dreams of fusion, mining asteroids,
colonizing empires on the moon
Space itself a commodity, laboratory…
 
…when Tesla revealed it all for free;
tried to tell us, share.
But it was unacceptable.
Everyman must have a price!
A profit. Income. Pots of gold.
 Nothing is for nothing.
Lucifer’s idol mammon holds sway.
Mad scientists, however genius,
 be off!
 
So it was.
The secrets of our solar star
and it’s electro magnetic web
too good to be true. Avaunt!
Who needs warmth, light, power?
Back to candlelight, if lucky.
To igloos and darkness.
Pay-as-you-go.
 
Sept