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.