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.