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.