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" ... full blast ...." 357 is a great tale to tell... Tesla saw the steps so invented his call And then in the silence of Olympian ground "...I heard you rang?..." Said d;Meter to them all.... "A cosmic gun" was just for fun But He's challenged a.dove To find her way home. so here we go... #masons #toolshed #cubit #numbers N. TESLA "Fragments of Olympian Gossip" While listening on my cosmic phone I caught words from the Olympus blown. A newcomer was shown around; That much I could guess, aided by sound. "There's Archimedes with his lever Still busy on problems as ever. Says: matter and force are transmutable And wrong the laws you thought immutable." "Below, on Earth, they work at full blast And news are coming in thick and fast. The latest tells of a cosmic gun. To be pelted is very poor fun. We are wary with so much at stake, Those beggars are a pest—no mistake." "Too bad, Sir Isaac, they dimmed your renown And turned your great science upside down. Now a long haired crank, Einstein by name, Puts on your high teaching all the blame. Says: matter and force are transmutable And wrong the laws you thought immutable." "I am much too ignorant, my son, For grasping schemes so finely spun. My followers are of stronger mind And I am content to stay behind, Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest. Come, Kelvin, I have finished my cup. When is your friend Tesla coming up." "Oh, quoth Kelvin, he is always late, It would be useless to remonstrate." Then silence—shuffle of soft slippered feet— I knock and—the bedlam of the street. Nikola Tesla, ........ and so I replied... fragments of O While listening on his cosmic phone He caught the words 'Olympus blown' A newcomer, being shown around was guided there by way of sound " she's listening " Archimedes found to steps been laid upon the ground Sir Isaac, while upside down gave Albert a turn saying "change that frown!" Kelvin's finally finished his cup and our dearest Tesla... is about to wake up! . . it's a matter... of transmutable #369 #vortex #74 #888 #1776 #1872 #577720 <-- oh yes, this one too.

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