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.