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.