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.