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.