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.