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.