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.