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.