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.