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.