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.