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.