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.