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.