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.