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.