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.