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.