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.