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.