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.