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.