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.