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.