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.