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.