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.