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.