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.