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.