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.