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.