Albert Einstein
they thought
he was a loser
finally
a kind friend got him a dead end job
in an office
what if
he had nor spent hours
day dreaming about inventions
staring out of the patent office window
Alexander Fleming
what if
he was a neat freak
in 1928 he came back from holiday
to dirty petri dishes covered in mould
penicillin saved millions of lives
Thales of Miletus...
what if in 600 bc
thales had not been hanging out at the egyptian pyramids around midday
sitting in the sun gazing at the shadow of a stick lying on the ground
he worked out how to measure the height of the cheops pyramid
you little beauty he exclaimed in ancient greek
bush mechanics was born
Midweek Motif - Poets United
