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.