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.