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.