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.