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.