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.