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.