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.