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.