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.