Ion

1950s
At nine
I am up on
Ion drive space
Craft after reading
Scientific American’s
Article noting the slow
Start and end of an
Ion drive ship but
Its heavy load
Bulk cargo
Advantage all
Due to my father’s
Penchant for leaving
Such magazines around
The house in hopes of
More than the ink
Rubbing off on
Us a success
As I read so
Many of
The articles,
Carl Linnaeus
Had me classified
By the fourth grade.
Sort of a bathroom
Throne Finishing
School for the
Science
Geek.