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.