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.