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.