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.