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.