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.