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.