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.