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.