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.