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.