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.