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.