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.