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.