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.