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.