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.