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.