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.