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.