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.