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.