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.