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.