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.