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.