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.