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.