View From The Tower            
                       
                       
                                          
 When I Got Home From Away, Climbed  All 
 The Way  To The  Top, And  There  Was  A 
 Bird In My Room, Not  Too Unreasonable A 
 Bird  But  Still An  Unwelcome  Guest At 
 This Hour,  That  Had  Let  Himself  In. 
                                          
 The Window  Was Open And So  I  Waved My 
 Arms And He Flew Out.  But  As Soon As I 
       Turned Around, HE Was Back.       
                                          
                                     
 I   Took   The   Jackdaw   By   My  Hand 
 Threw    It    Out   The   Window,   And 
        Into What I'M Shielded From       
    Watched Him Fall And Turned Around    
     Held His Gaze Throughout The Fall    
      In Spite He Did Not Move At All     
                                     
                                          
 I  Heard The Thump As He Hit The Ground. 
 My  Mother  Came Running.  "Angel!  What 
 Did You Do?"                             
                                          
 Don'T Come In  Here,  I Wanted  To  Say, 
 But She Would Come Anyway And  So I Kept 
 It  To   Myself.   "Are  You  Allright?" 
                                          
 "I Hurt A  Bird", And  I  Could  See Him 
 Through The Windows, Trying To Fly  With 
 His Wings Somehow  Inverted.  They Would 
 Not  Bear Him, And  He  Was  Infuriated.