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.