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.