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.