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.