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.