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.