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.