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.