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.