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.