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.