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.