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.