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.