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.