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.