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.