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.