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.