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.