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.