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.