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.