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.