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.