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.