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.