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.