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.