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.