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.