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.