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.