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.