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.