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.