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.