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.