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.