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.