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.