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.