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.