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.