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.