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.