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.