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.