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.