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.