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.