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.