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.