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.