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.