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.