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.