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.