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.