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.