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.