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.