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.