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.