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.