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.