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.