Carl Sagan
Hitler came to power a year before
Carl born nineteen thirty four.
Brooklyn. New York place of birth
reform Jews for what its worth.
His mother known great poverty
put down , ignored, inequality.
Father escaped the Ukraine Pogrom
mild mannered with great aplomb.
Carl an inquisitive child
five years old stirred beguiled.
Dinosaurs, stars, space
Universe a mysterious place.
Read H.G.Wells, E.R.Burroughs,
astrobiology his mind transposed.
Amino acids affected by radiation
astrophysics and so on.
Television he set the pace.
Cosmos a new view on space
Five hundred million viewed
star struck, awed, subdued.
Made science popular world wide
twenty books to enthral, guide.
Nature not to kind at death
cancer caused his last breath.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKQQAv5svkk
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