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.