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.