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.