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.