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.