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.