Nikola Tesla - Artichoke

Croatian farm idyllic life

he loved to wallow in the grass with a cat

his brother died when he was five

Nikola Tesla went in search after that

they left their farm and he got weird

he’d catch a fever if he looked at a peach

the army started up the draft

Nikola Tesla roamed the hills out of reach

at polytechnic school in Graz

he studied like a man obsessed and he asked

if AC current might be best

Nikola Tesla fled before his exams

the 1893 world’s fair

illuminated by AC — powered lights

impressed Lord Kelvin and the rest

Nikola Tesla set the falls in his sights

he worked with Westinghouse and Co.

to keep the robber barons' cash satisfied

Niagara caused electron flow

Nikola Tesla had no doubt in his mind