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.