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.