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.