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.