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.