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.