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.