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.