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.