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.