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.