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.