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.